Trip: Japan to UK
There are [98] stories from my trip: Japan to UK
KAZAKHSTAN | Friday, 12 Nov 2010 | Photo Gallery
The small apple
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CHINA | Monday, 8 Nov 2010 | Photo Gallery
Naughty bit of china part three
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CHINA | Sunday, 7 Nov 2010 | Views [583]
Enjoyable Urumqui After our Nanning experience (anonymous town we killed a day in), we didn't dare hope for too much in Urumqi, especially as it's another "difficult" part of China, with heavy army presence and instructions all over the ... Read more >
CHINA | Friday, 5 Nov 2010 | Views [980]
Xi'An is one of the most exotically named cities we've visited and also one of the most dramatic to arrive in. Immediately after exiting the identikit Chinese Train Station one is confronted by an immense wall stretching, like China, from east to ... Read more >
CHINA | Friday, 5 Nov 2010 | Photo Gallery
World's largest wall
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CHINA | Monday, 1 Nov 2010 | Views [621]
The Tibetan culture we're allowed to see seems to be defined very narrowly by religion, so we end up traipsing around a succession of temples and so forth. They are magnificent, with a series of fantastic gold statues and mandalas. But seeing lots ... Read more >
CHINA | Thursday, 28 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
I'd like Tibet you've never seen this before
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CHINA | Thursday, 28 Oct 2010 | Views [1095]
5,250m away from sea level and still we're craning our necks to look at mountains another 3,000m up. Welcome to the roof of the world. We'd had tantalising glimpses of the high himalaya ever since arriving in Kathmandu valley, but the vistas on offer ... Read more >
CHINA | Wednesday, 27 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Himalayan mountains
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NEPAL | Sunday, 24 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
What can a cat do in kathmandu?
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NEPAL | Sunday, 24 Oct 2010 | Views [1231]
What to do in Kathmandu? BLOP! We've landed once more in the 'bubble', dear friends. For those of you that live in lands with no 'bubble', let us quickly examine what a 'bubble' is. It is an area that defies logic, culture and even temporal constraints.... Read more >
INDIA | Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Fancy a cuppa?
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INDIA | Wednesday, 20 Oct 2010 | Views [972]
After one final Indian night train to New Jalpaiurgi, we had to catch a shared jeep up the mountain to Darjeeling, which was an experience in itself. The people we were riding with were on their way home for holidays, but seemed to be moving house.... Read more >
INDIA | Saturday, 16 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Calcutta or Kolkata?
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INDIA | Thursday, 14 Oct 2010 | Views [1085]
The Sunderbans, a vast delta of small islands, mangrove forests and tiny waterways, located partly in Bangladesh and partly in India. It covers 4252 square km in India alone, with almost half the area protected for wildlife. The changing tides mix ... Read more >
INDIA | Monday, 11 Oct 2010 | Views [530]
Kolkata Giant marble lions standing in the shadows of palm trees are a fitting symbol of Calcutta, frequent references to Marxism unmistakeably marks of its new incarnation, Kolkata. Since 1911 this former capital, once the jewel of the Empire, has ... Read more >
INDIA | Sunday, 10 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
One of the holiest places in the world - unbelievably!
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INDIA | Sunday, 10 Oct 2010 | Views [835]
From the Golden temple, spiritual home for the Sikhs, we now come to Varanasi, spiritual home to the Hindus. Varanasi sits on the banks of the river Ganges, believed to be a sacred river, a Godess on earth. One story says that she was sent her to earth ... Read more >
Tags: boats, ganges, sunrise, temples, water
INDIA | Tuesday, 5 Oct 2010 | Views [899]
Back from the Punjab and into a capital fully ready for some event or other. The turnaround now is remarkable, though the current manifestation is lifeless and sterile. It's Gandhi's birthday and instead of a day of jubilation and rejoicing we see ... Read more >
Tags: crazy iranians, sword, taj mahal, tombs
INDIA | Monday, 4 Oct 2010 | Photo Gallery
Some old building or other...
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